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Newham and Essex Beagles A.C.

Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club is an athletics club in southeast England. The club competes in the British Athletics League and Southern League along with the National Junior League and Youth Development League for competitors under the ages of 20 and 17.

History

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The club was formed in 1887 as the Beaumont Harriers but became the Essex Beagles in July 1891 and merged with Newham AC in 1985 when it moved from Barking to the Terence McMillan Stadium in the London Borough of Newham, East London. [1]

The Newham club was extremely close to the site of the 2012 Olympic Games and a number of athletes competed at the event. [2]

In April 2018 the club moved from the Terence McMillan Stadium to the London Marathon Community Track in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park adjacent to the London Stadium.[3]

Honours

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Senior Men:

Notable athletes

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Olympians

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Athlete Country Events Olympics Medals
Jim Peters   marathon 1952
Daley Thompson   decathlon 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988

  

Paul Head   hammer throw 1992
Iwan Thomas   400 metres, 4x400 metres relay 1996, 2000

 

Michael East   1500 metres 2004
Chris Tomlinson   long jump 2008
Tyrone Edgar   100 metres 2008
Erison Hurtault   400 metres 2008, 2012
Christine Ohuruogu   400 metres, 4x400 metres 2008, 2012, 2016

  

Mo Farah   5000 metres, 10000 metres 2008, 2012, 2016

    

James Ellington   200 metres 2012
Steven Lewis   pole vault 2008, 2012
Rabah Yusuf   400 metres 2012
Lee Merrien   marathon 2012
Abdul Buhari   discus throw 2012

Stadium

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Main article: Terence Mcmillan Stadium

Named after Terence Mcmillan: First Charter Mayor of Newham 1965–66.

The track was originally cinder although it is not shown on a 1971 OS map. The opening meeting of the synthetic track was on 26 July 1985. It was resurfaced with Polytan PUR in 1995.

The nearest stations are:

Club kit

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The club kit consists of a black vest, with a gold horizontal hoop and a yellow vest, with the word Newham in black. The British Men's league kit is designed by Asics.

References

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  1. ^ Benton, Tony (May 1987). Fine Spirit: Centenary History of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletic Club, 1887-1987. Newham & Essex Beagles Athletic Club. ISBN 978-0951231609.
  2. ^ "A gr-eight Olympics for Beagles". Newham Recorder. Newham Recorder. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ "It's a new era for Newham and for Beagles athletics as they move into Stratford" (PDF). Newham Recorder. 25 October 2017.
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